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Document ID (ISN)57507
CIS number 92-227
ISSN - Serial title 0025-7818 - Medicina del lavoro
Year 1991
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Monechi G., Fabrizi de Biani G., Colasanti L.
Title A case of methaemoglobinaemia due to 4-nitrobenzonitrile exposure
Original title Un caso di metaemoglobinemia da esposizione a 4-nitrobenzonitrile [in Italian]
Bibliographic information Mar.-Apr. 1991, Vol.82, No.2, p.137-141. Illus. 9 ref.
Abstract A case of acute intoxication by 4-nitrobenzonitrile, a rare intermediate compound produced by pharmaceutical synthesis, is described. The patient subsequently recovered but liver symptoms persisted and a biopsy showed an increase in triglycerides and fatty alterations in the liver.
Descriptors (primary) acute poisoning; 4-nitrobenzonitrile; hepatic damage
Descriptors (secondary) case study
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceItaly
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Liver diseases
Cyano compounds